Seeing the Future in a Nascent Startup Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Startups carry with them a glimpse of their potential future. Most companies look small and insignificant in their early days. The challenge for the investor is to see their future and know how to help them achieve their potential. Successful startups have a vision of the future and work to fill in what is missing. It’s best to have a nonconsensual view of the world. Success comes when no one knows how the market will develop, and there are many paths it could take. If everyone knows there’s a missing piece in the future, then there will be too much competition for any one startup to win the market. In this case, the startup that looks into the future can see what will be needed for it. To be successful, the startup needs to be only directionally right. There will be many pivots and modifications along the way. As an investor, look for the founder’s vision of the future and what they see as missing. This informs your decision to align with the founder. Thank you for joining us for the Startup Funding Espresso where we help startups and investors connect for funding. Let’s go startup something today. _______________________________________________________ For more episodes from Investor Connect, please visit the site at: http://investorconnect.org Check out our other podcasts here: https://investorconnect.org/ For Investors check out: https://tencapital.group/investor-landing/ For Startups check out: https://tencapital.group/company-landing/ For eGuides check out: https://tencapital.group/education/ For upcoming Events, check out https://tencapital.group/events/ For Feedback please contact info@tencapital.group Please follow, share, and leave a review. Music courtesy of Bensound.

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